I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello and welcome
to 3ABN Today. My name
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is CA Murray. Allow
me once again to thank
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you for sharing
just a little of your, no
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doubt, busy day
with us; to thank you for
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your love, your
prayers, and your financial
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support of 3ABN.
As for these past 33+
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years, we have joined
together in lifting up
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the mighty and
matchless name of Jesus. What
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a wonderful 33
years it has been. You
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will forgive me
if I'm a little giddy
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this very day. I'm
happy because of the
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subject matter,
and I'm very pleased
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because of the friends
that have come to share
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what is going to be a
wild ride, dare I say,
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for the next hour
as, together, we recount
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some mission exploits.
If you are one of those
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persons-and I was
always this way-who
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love mission
stories and who love to hear
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stories of people
coming to the Lord
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in far-off lands
and the constellation of
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miracles that
attends tends that kind of
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first-line work,
then hold onto your seat
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today. Grab whatever
pharmaceutical of choice
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you may be
Ritalin in, be it Prozac,
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whatever- or may I
just suggest a glass
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of warm herb tea and
prayer, because we've
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got the AWR gang
here with us. They always
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come loaded with
stories and loaded with mission
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exploits, and you
really want to tune into
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this. This is kind
of the ones you may
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want to get a DVD of
to play over and over
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again. If your
experience is fatiguing just a
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little bit, you
want to play this one; I
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know. I can say
that in advance because
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of what you are
going to hear, 'cause I've
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heard a little of
what you're going to hear
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(and a lot of it I
have not heard yet),
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so I will be just
as excited as you are.
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We have Duane McKey,
president of Adventist
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World Radio.
These several years- not
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so many years, but
it's some wonderful
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changes you've made.
Good to have you here,
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man. - Good to be
here, CA. - The Lord has
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blessed you. - You
better tell them why
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I have a beard. -
You know, I was coming
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to that. We were
going to go and just say
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that you're also
assisting Elder Wilson
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with TMI, and
you've kind of merged those
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two in a marvelous
way...but yeah. You
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better tell us about
the beard. - It's AWR
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360 that's
emerged. The beard is- the
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General Conference
is having meetings this
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fall at Battle Creek
to look at our roots,
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some of the pioneer things,
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so we're all trying
to look like pioneers.
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Anyway, Kathy said,
"Shave it off as soon
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as it's over."
[laughter] - I'm the slightest
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bit envious; not
totally. 1) Because
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I'm not a beard
person, and second, I can't
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grow a beard. I get
a little here, a little
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there, a little
here, some here, but I
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can't do that. -
It's three weeks old.
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- That's just three
weeks' worth of work.
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That's impressive. We
praise the Lord. Better
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introduce the rest
of the gang. Your wife,
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Kathy McKey,
social media and outreach
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coordinator for
presidential, so that
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means you spend a
lot of time on the
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computer. I've
heard how you bring the
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computer to bed
with you sometimes. You
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gotta stop a lot of
people from doing that.
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[laughter] Happy
to have you here as
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always. - Good to
be here. Thank you.
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- Sue Hinkle. I
was going to say our
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buddy from
Romania, but then they would
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think you're
Romanian, so we can't say that.
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We met, first of
all, in Romania... I met
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you in an airport in
Japan the first time,
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and Sue in
Romania. Sue is the outreach
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manager for AWR.
Before we get too deep into
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this, I want to ask
you what each of these
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titles mean in the
real world. Last is Cami
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Oetman, who is
the- Oot-min? Out-min?
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- Oot-min. - See, I
got it right! Oot-min.
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Praise the Lord.
Adventist World Radio
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vice president for
advancement. I think
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I first met you
here. - Yeah. [laughter]
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- The most
pedestrian of places. Now, let's
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go back through this
and just put some legs
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on these job
titles. You have combined
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AWR with TMI, so
it's kind of all working
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together. It
comes under the umbrella
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of the whole new
title or the whole new
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direction that
you're taking AWR in. - AWR
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360 Broadcast to
Baptism. - Which I love.
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- So we're doing
something together
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as that's part of
the TMI. Mrs. White says,
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"The Lord won't
come until all the church
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members rally
together with the pastors and
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the church elders,"
so we believe in that,
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and AWR, to
work together to make
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something that- one
of my buddies, he's a
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president over in
Europe. He said, "I just used
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to think that AWR
was up there hovering
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around someplace;"
but now, the Broadcast
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to Baptism,
we're targeting. That's
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what connecting the
dots... AWR: Broadcast
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to Baptism, TMI, is
all about. - Praise the
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Lord. And you went
out and you drafted
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some good players.
This one, you decided
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to marry. She got
a little head start.
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- She's the best.
- Well, Kathy, what
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is your job and
how? - The thing that I
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love is
outreach. When we have big
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projects, the
focus from the General
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Conference...
Like this year, we had
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Japan; go and do the
pre-campaign preparation
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and that type of
thing and work closely with
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the speakers.
Also, for social media, I
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work closely with
Elder Wilson. - Amen and
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amen. The two of you
guys log a lot of frequent?
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- We do. We do.
Just got back from India
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and Philippines
and Korea. - And we'll
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talk about them.
[laughter] And Sue,
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for AWR in particular?
- Yes, I'm the outreach
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manager, which
means I am assisting Duane
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with different
outreach projects. That's
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international
projects; I'm working together
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with Kathy, as
well, on some of these TMI
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AWR projects. I
also help coordinate the
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rallies that we have
in the fall. We have,
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right now, I
believe it's 52 volunteer
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ambassadors for AWR
all across North America.
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I help give
support to them, as well.
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- Yeah. Well,
we've had several of them
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here. As
volunteer ambassadors, these
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are maybe former pastors, former
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conference workers,
people who have a feel
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for the church-certainly
some techs here-and
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can go out and speak
well for AWR. Well done.
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Of course, Cami
does EVERYTHING else.
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- Well, I don't know
about that. [laughter]
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Wherever I'm needed,
that's... I love, love
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what I get to do. I
get to tell the world
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the miracles that
God's doing through AWR.
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You just can't
beat that. That is so
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exciting. Every day
is new, every mission
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that we go on, and
to be able to document
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these miracles and
these different people
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and how AWR has
changed their lives- the Holy
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Spirit has
reached through the radio
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and has changed
their lives, as well as the
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evangelism that we
bring into the different
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cities... The AWR
360 is so encompassing
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that it just touches
everyone in some way.
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We can't wait
to tell you all the
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stories. - Yeah. I'm
going to lose and let
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you go. Let me pay
you a compliment, my
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dear friend, because
I was among that number-
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we had talked about
this a little bit ago-
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that kind of
thought, AWR, was kind of just
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out there,
floating in the heavens, but
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you have brought an
energy to it, and can
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I say an earthiness?
You kind of put it on
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the ground-boots
on the ground kind of
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thing where it is
much more eminent,
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much closer, much
more part of the overall
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thrust of the
church. You've got some good
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people on the
team, but I feel a change
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in the energy at
AWR. - Amen. It is so
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exciting to see
what is happening. As we
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go around the world
and work with projects,
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work with
conferences, unions, churches,
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church members... The
stories start happening
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and people get
excited and say, "We can do
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this by God's
grace." The work can be
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finished. Jesus will
come. - Comes a time,
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comes a man, so the
Lord has put the right
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person in the
right place at the right
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time. - Praise
God. - I salute you for
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that. Of course,
marrying that with
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TMI, you carrying
both of those portfolios,
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really is a match
made in heaven (I believe).
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- Thank you, CA. - So
let us now, because I've
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heard some of the
stuff- I don't know
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who's going to take
it. Let's launch out,
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because you're
doing some great stuff and
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the Lord is
blessing in a marvelous way.
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- Yes. We wanted to
show you, actually, how
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the founders, the
ones who were there at
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the beginning,
the Steeles, and how
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they see AWR 360 now
today in comparison to
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when it began, but
45 years ago... - 1971.
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- So, yeah. We have a
video to share with you
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first to get
things started to show you
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exactly where the
ministry was and is
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going and how God
has led the whole way.
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- Actually, there are
ambassadors now for us
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in New Mexico.
They're working with us;
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retired, but
ambassadors. We're excited about
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what's happening. -
All right. Let's take a
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look. - Hi! I'm
Cami Oetman, and this is
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your AWR 360
Moment. Adventist World
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Radio has been
carrying the voice of hope to
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the unreached people
groups of the world in
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their own
languages. AWR started over 45
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years ago in 1971,
and the vision today is
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just as strong as
it was back then. Meet
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the Steeles, the
first employees of Adventist
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World Radio. -
So Allen and Andrea,
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tell me a little bit
about your background.
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How did you first
become interested in
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radio? - Well, for me,
I was out of university.
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I was part of the
radio station on campus, and
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we had a very
special guest come to the
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campus and talk to us.
That was H.M.S. Richards,
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the real pioneer of
radio for the Adventist
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church. He gave us
a vision that really
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caught with me.
That was, we can reach
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the whole world
with radio, and he said,
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"You have got to do
it." I took it personally.
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Ever after that,
that was my goal-to get
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into that type of
ministry for the Lord.
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- The General
Conference decided to start
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this radio
project, and you were chosen
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to be the first
employees. Tell me
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a little bit about
that. - That was a very
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exciting time, of
course. This was the
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vision that I had had-
that we would, somehow,
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be able to spread
God's message around
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the world. I offered. I said, "?
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Send me! I'll go,"
and the first assignment
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was in Lisbon,
Portugal. As we were planning
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to go, they
said, "Now, we need to
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warn you that
we only have enough
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money to keep
you there for a year.
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Do you mind
going just for a year?"
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We said, "Sure,
we'll do that." Well, it
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turned out that
the next year, while we
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were there, they
said, "Can you stay another
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year?" We said,
"Okay, we'll stay another
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year." And this
continued on for 5 years. - I
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think that the church
leaders were delighted-
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maybe surprised a
little bit-when articles
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began to come
about the results that we
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were getting from
those broadcasts. We had
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20 languages 12
hours a week was all, and
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they began to
make donations for it.
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In fact, after one
article, enough money
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came in for the
next year. I think that's
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when the church
leader said, "Okay. This is
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important. The church
members want it. Let's
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do it." - As
you're aware, Adventist
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World Radio is expanding
the ministry, and we're
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calling it AWR
360' from Broadcast to
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Baptism. We're still
doing what we've done
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in the past and
increasing, but now,
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we've added this
dimension, trying to
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reach out to the
listeners that are
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listening to the
broadcast, connecting
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with them, and
getting them into a local
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church. What do
you think about this
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expansion of
the ministry of AWR?
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- This new vision
of AWR 360 has just
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totally fulfilled
our dream of what might
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happen with this
special ministry. It's a
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completion of what I
call the circle of love.
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You give the message,
then you follow through,
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then you bring
people to a family of God
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that can nurture them
and help them. It seems
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to me that it's
just the natural way that
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things should have
developed and perhaps
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should have been
done long ago if it were
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possible. So, it
completes. It's an
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exciting aspect
that completes the circle
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of not only giving
the message, but then
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bringing the
people to God and helping
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them to be part
of the family of God.
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- I'm sure that,
all over the world where
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we have radio
studios, when people write to
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Adventist World
Radio, those messages are
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always sent to
the country of origin
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as well as being
answered by AWR, then
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they're sent a Bible
study card. So, they're
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able to sign up
for Bible studies, then
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they work with a
Bible study office
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right in their own country. This
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follow-through of
having people actually
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go and do evangelistic
meetings, now in the
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different countries,
is the connection. It's
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a natural thing
for it to be happening,
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and it's wonderful
that it can be happening
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in so many parts
of the world, and that
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people in any
country, such as the US or any
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place, who are
excited about Adventist
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World Radio, who
perhaps made contributions
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to help it keep
running-that's so
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important-but who
might like to be involved
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can actually be involved
in some of these things,
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so they can
actually meet some of the
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listeners. That's
one of the most beautiful
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things is to meet
someone who has had
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their life turned
around because of what
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they heard on
the radio. - This new
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vision of AWR 360 has
just totally fulfilled
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our dream of what
might happen with this
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special ministry.
- Isn't it amazing
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that 40 years later,
the Steeles' original
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vision of
Broadcast to Baptism is being
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carried out by AWR
360 today and countless
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lives are being
changed thanks to AWR. But
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there are many
who still need to hear
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about our loving
Savior. Won't you
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join us in the
final work of the Lord?
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This has been
your AWR 360 Moment.
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- That is so nice to
get some of the history.
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Let me just tap the pause button
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and ask you a quick
question. Two things:
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the idea Broadcast
to Baptism, which seems
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like a natural
evolution to me- was that
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something that came
in a committee room?
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Something that the
Lord sort of just put
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on your
soul-kind of came into your
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heart? And secondly,
give us just a touch...
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Anyone can pick this
up. Shortwave radio...
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What you do is not
like regular AM/FM radio.
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Talk to me a little
bit about the broadcasting
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and how it
differs, because there are
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some who just don't
know. - Okay, good. When
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they first asked me
to do this, right after
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that, we were in
Romania. I accepted
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the challenge from
the General Conference
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to lead out in
AWR. We were thinking,
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"Well, what can we do
to make this-" for me,
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personally, I
kept thinking, "Just
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broadcast;
broadcast. Where does it go?
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Who's listening?
How do you know?"
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So, the Lord
just gave it to us, I
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guess. Broadcast
to Baptism; AWR 360...
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It just kind of came
and said, "Wow. That's
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what God wants us to
do." - Praise the Lord.
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- Same thing. When it's
different folk, it's maybe
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completing the
circle, making it more- well,
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I think fulfilling
the gospel commission,
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which is our mission. -
Now, what you do differs from
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the regular
radio station we just
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turned on during
the day. Your broadcasts
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are somewhat
different. - Right. We have the
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shortwave from
Guam. What is it- about a
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third of the
world we connect with?
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And we have a lot of
areas around the world
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which are very
difficult to reach with AM/FM.
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We also have AM,
FM... We have internet, we
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have-I think Cami
came up with the idea
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where it's broadcasting
on all media platforms.
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So, that's what
we're looking at. We'll
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talk about some of
those platforms as we move
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on today: cell
phone evangelism, internet
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evangelism, what
we can do to reach the
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modern age with comprehensive
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health
evangelism. A lot of different
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things that we can
put together. We feel that
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we're not just
broadcasting-we do
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that-but also, we
want to complete the circle
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and do other things,
as well, and reach as
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many people as
possible for Jesus.
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- But your broadcast
day, though, is broken
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up into many languages.
So, if you're covering
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a number of
countries, everyone at sometime
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will hear something
that they can relate
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to in their own
language. - Yes. We have 100
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languages.
Actually, the Adventist church
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has, I think...
Kathy, do you remember
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numbers? Almost 1,000.
- 900 and some languages.
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- 970 languages
we operate in, but we
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only preach in
about 90-100 languages and
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AWR's only about
100 languages, so a new
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challenge they were
looking at is, "Hey!
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Let's broadcast in
1,000 languages around
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the world!" That's
a whole new concept,
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how we can start
broadcasting in more
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languages, 'cause
why should a person who
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speaks-his
mother tongue is Ciluba-
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sit in a church
and have to listen to
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French? - Yeah. -
So, let's get into the
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Ciluba, as well.
- Praise the Lord.
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Well done. Cami,
I guess back to you.
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- What we've really
been excited about is
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the donors' feedback
about the new perspective
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of AWR 360. We
get a lot of feedback
00:19:11.51\00:19:13.88
saying, "Oh, we
just love the fact that
00:19:13.95\00:19:16.22
you're not only
in the air, but your
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boots are on the
ground." that whole concept.
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So, I think it's
really catching. We
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actually applied
this combination in Japan.
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We have a wonderful
clip we wanted to show
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you regarding
President Obara and his story
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and how he was used
by the Lord in how AWR
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played a role. -
Before we show that, Sue,
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tell us; you
asked him. We took the
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Japanese to the
Philippines. They don't
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do evangelism there,
and they haven't ever
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done it. We took
a bunch of them. How
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many? 50? - 48. - 48
of them to the Philippines
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to preach their
first evangelistic meetings
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a year ago, so you
were talking to Pastor
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Obara. - I was.
This is a conference
00:20:03.00\00:20:04.77
president, so I
ask him, I said, "Have
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you ever preached
an evangelistic series
00:20:08.90\00:20:10.51
before?" He said,
"No; never." - So he's
00:20:10.57\00:20:14.74
in Tokyo. He's the
conference president
00:20:14.78\00:20:16.21
of the largest conference
in Japan. - That's right.
00:20:16.28\00:20:18.61
He never preached a
campaign or evangelistic
00:20:18.68\00:20:21.02
series, and he
said in his entire life,
00:20:21.08\00:20:23.42
he had only
attended one evangelistic
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meeting when he was
younger. - Wow. - He
00:20:26.39\00:20:28.49
was about 12 when he
did that. - Yes! He said,
00:20:28.56\00:20:33.40
"We just don't do
evangelism like that
00:20:33.50\00:20:35.43
here in Japan." I
said, "Well, so what
00:20:35.50\00:20:39.63
do you do?" He
said, "Well, we do weekend
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events. We have health programs,
00:20:41.44\00:20:45.11
family programs..."
I said, "Well, so you
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don't do
anything like, doctrinal?"
00:20:48.54\00:20:50.71
He said, "No." I
said, "How is that
00:20:50.81\00:20:52.45
working out for
you?" He said, "It isn't."
00:20:52.48\00:20:55.32
And actually, they
had a negative loss in
00:20:55.35\00:20:59.25
membership that
year. - Now, is this a
00:20:59.32\00:21:01.22
government
prohibition or just a cultural
00:21:01.29\00:21:03.43
thin of churches-
sort of just developed
00:21:03.49\00:21:05.26
along those lines
and we just don't do it?
00:21:05.33\00:21:07.16
Is the government
saying, "You cannot,"
00:21:07.23\00:21:08.70
or... - No, no,
the government will let
00:21:08.76\00:21:10.50
you do anything we
want to. That's not
00:21:10.53\00:21:12.23
a problem there;
they're just- the latest field,
00:21:12.30\00:21:15.10
"We're going to try
other ways and other
00:21:15.17\00:21:16.50
means," but, like we
said, it's not working.
00:21:16.54\00:21:18.84
The church is
dying. - Last time you were
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here-I'm sorry, Cami-
the last time you were
00:21:22.28\00:21:23.61
here, you were pre-this,
so now we're post-this?
00:21:23.65\00:21:26.08
- Yes. - Okay.
Very good. Yeah, 'cause
00:21:26.15\00:21:28.18
we didn't know
what to expect. - Yeah.
00:21:28.25\00:21:30.05
We went and we
preached, and Pastor
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Obara preached
his second series. His
00:21:32.32\00:21:34.82
first series in
Mindoro, his second series in
00:21:34.92\00:21:36.73
Tokyo. - All right! -
And fantastic results.
00:21:36.79\00:21:40.36
Yeah. Duane, actually,
he preached in Okinawa.
00:21:40.46\00:21:44.70
Why don't you tell
us a little bit about
00:21:44.77\00:21:47.50
Steven? -
Steven? Okay, good. - I
00:21:47.54\00:21:50.51
think we have a
picture of him. - Do we have
00:21:50.54\00:21:51.91
a picture of Steven?
- Mhm. - Yeah. Steven
00:21:51.97\00:21:54.41
was a marine, and
he was in the Afghan
00:21:54.51\00:21:56.44
war and was a
sharpshooter. After
00:21:56.51\00:22:00.22
a while, that kind
of got to him. It just
00:22:00.32\00:22:03.82
really bothered him,
so he started drinking.
00:22:03.89\00:22:06.62
He started
drinking so much that the
00:22:06.69\00:22:10.69
marines kicked him
out. - Oh, wow. - I mean,
00:22:10.76\00:22:12.89
you gotta drink a
lot. He just wanted to
00:22:12.96\00:22:14.40
bury this stuff.
The emotional trauma is
00:22:14.43\00:22:17.33
going on, in his
heart, so he ends up
00:22:17.40\00:22:19.63
in Okinawa and
he finds this young
00:22:19.73\00:22:22.64
Japanese lady. They get married,
00:22:22.70\00:22:25.57
have a couple
kids, but he has this
00:22:25.64\00:22:28.38
struggle. He drinks
and drinks, and he's
00:22:28.44\00:22:30.18
working on the
base (but he's not a
00:22:30.25\00:22:32.48
marine anymore).
One day, he just turns
00:22:32.58\00:22:35.92
on the TV and he
sees a little video clip.
00:22:35.98\00:22:42.19
? radio. It's a partner with us;
00:22:42.26\00:22:44.69
it's one of our
partners that does
00:22:44.73\00:22:46.46
YouTube
evangelism. He listens to this,
00:22:46.53\00:22:49.40
and he gets so
excited. He listens again
00:22:49.46\00:22:53.40
and again. So, my
friend who's doing
00:22:53.50\00:22:56.71
the YouTube
evangelism in Dallas, Texas-
00:22:56.77\00:23:01.48
Mark Fox-and Mark
calls me up. He says,
00:23:01.54\00:23:04.95
"You won't believe
this. This young man
00:23:05.01\00:23:07.25
in Okinawa, an ex-marine, wants
00:23:07.32\00:23:10.32
to become a
Seventh-Day Adventist. He's been
00:23:10.39\00:23:12.69
listening to our
partnership with him
00:23:12.75\00:23:15.66
on YouTube
evangelism there in Okinawa.
00:23:15.72\00:23:17.93
He said, "Mark,
you won't believe this.
00:23:17.99\00:23:19.46
I'm going there
in two weeks to have
00:23:19.53\00:23:20.86
a series of
meetings." [laughter] - And it
00:23:20.90\00:23:22.60
turned out to be at
the church that he'd
00:23:22.66\00:23:24.23
been attending! -
Oh, wow! - Isn't that
00:23:24.30\00:23:26.03
awesome? - Yeah. -
Here, this young man-
00:23:26.07\00:23:28.24
he volunteered
and he wasn't even
00:23:28.27\00:23:30.04
baptized yet,
volunteering to help
00:23:30.11\00:23:31.44
out around the
church. I mean, his whole
00:23:31.47\00:23:32.81
life is changed.
So Duane got to know
00:23:32.84\00:23:35.21
him, and Kathy.
- Yeah. We studied
00:23:35.31\00:23:36.95
with him. Summer, he came to the
00:23:37.01\00:23:38.48
meetings and he
was baptized at the
00:23:38.51\00:23:39.85
end of the
meeting. - That's how you
00:23:39.88\00:23:41.22
got such a big
smile on your face. Praise
00:23:41.25\00:23:43.59
the Lord; what a
great story. So, he is
00:23:43.65\00:23:46.49
baptized in the
church. - Uh-huh.
00:23:46.55\00:23:48.29
Is his family
with him? Are they...
00:23:48.36\00:23:49.69
- His wife is
studying. I had a call that came
00:23:49.72\00:23:52.29
forward, and
Kathy... - Well, his wife
00:23:52.39\00:23:56.00
seemed very
serious, so I went up and
00:23:56.06\00:23:59.10
put my arm around
her, and she started
00:23:59.17\00:24:00.97
to cry. So, we
sat down together and
00:24:01.00\00:24:04.44
I said, "Would
you be interested in
00:24:04.51\00:24:07.71
getting
baptized?" She said, "I'm not
00:24:07.78\00:24:11.01
ready yet." But
she came to Steven's
00:24:11.11\00:24:15.38
baptism and was
so supportive of him.
00:24:15.48\00:24:21.06
- Those tears are
indicative of something.
00:24:21.12\00:24:24.36
Bring that picture
up one more time, guys,
00:24:24.43\00:24:25.96
if you will. Yeah,
see, I don't know who's
00:24:26.03\00:24:29.30
smiling more.
[laughter] He's happy and you're
00:24:29.40\00:24:33.97
pretty happy, too.
- Very happy. - Praise
00:24:34.04\00:24:36.04
the Lord. - He is
the pastor's right
00:24:36.10\00:24:38.14
arm. He does
everything in the church. He's
00:24:38.21\00:24:40.44
so involved. He's
an ex-marine. He says,
00:24:40.48\00:24:44.55
"You're supposed
to be here 15 minutes
00:24:44.61\00:24:46.65
before, not on
time." [laughter] - Okay.
00:24:46.72\00:24:49.28
He's going to stay
active. He's a keeper. Praise
00:24:49.38\00:24:52.19
the Lord. Well
done. That's a great
00:24:52.25\00:24:54.16
story. - Yes. So,
should we move onto
00:24:54.19\00:24:56.69
Zambia? - Sure. - We
have so much to share.
00:24:56.76\00:24:58.89
- Oh, my. - So,
after the wonderful results
00:24:58.99\00:25:02.43
in Japan-and
they're on fire now-next,
00:25:02.53\00:25:05.40
we went to
Zambia where we had the
00:25:05.43\00:25:09.80
radio go beforehand,
of course-the messages.
00:25:09.90\00:25:12.54
I'm going to
share the piece that I
00:25:12.61\00:25:14.84
was very much
involved in. We, through our
00:25:14.91\00:25:18.95
AWR local producer
there, he had arranged,
00:25:19.05\00:25:24.09
by God's grace,
for us, our media team,
00:25:24.15\00:25:27.52
to get into the highest maximum
00:25:27.59\00:25:30.36
security prison there
in all of Zambia. I'll
00:25:30.43\00:25:36.63
get to how this
works out, because as we
00:25:36.73\00:25:38.83
arrive,
immediately, our equipment's
00:25:38.93\00:25:41.00
taken away and we're put in
a room. The people that were
00:25:41.14\00:25:43.74
working, the guards that
were on staff that day could
00:25:43.81\00:25:46.64
not believe that
any media would ever be
00:25:46.71\00:25:48.64
allowed-not a
president, not a dignitary...
00:25:48.71\00:25:52.11
Oh, I mean- excuse
me. Only a president or
00:25:52.18\00:25:54.08
a dignitary can ever
get in; not any other
00:25:54.15\00:25:55.95
media of any
kind. Should we show the
00:25:56.02\00:25:58.92
video, actually?
Let's show the video first,
00:25:58.99\00:26:01.59
because I think
that this explains a lot,
00:26:01.66\00:26:03.69
then I'll add in to meet.
- I'm a little nervous about
00:26:03.73\00:26:05.49
this. This is a
male prison, and Cami is
00:26:05.59\00:26:10.30
going in. - I'm
not worried at all. I
00:26:10.37\00:26:15.10
request the
best bodyguards there
00:26:15.17\00:26:17.21
are. Not worried;
no. If we could play
00:26:17.27\00:26:22.81
the Zambia prison
video, that would be great.
00:26:22.88\00:26:25.71
Hi, I'm Cami
Oetman, and we just spent
00:26:26.61\00:26:29.22
the day in prison.
This is your AWR 360 Moment.
00:26:29.28\00:26:32.99
As the thief
hung on the cross, he
00:26:41.10\00:26:42.50
must have thought
about his life, the
00:26:42.60\00:26:44.70
choices he had
made. He knew that his
00:26:44.77\00:26:47.07
crimes were
deserving of this punishment,
00:26:47.14\00:26:49.20
yet the man next
to him was so peaceful
00:26:49.27\00:26:52.04
and kind. He even prayed for his
00:26:52.11\00:26:54.54
persecutors. The
thief was convinced this
00:26:54.64\00:26:57.61
man was the Son of
God. In his last act,
00:26:57.68\00:27:00.98
he only asked to
be remembered. Jesus
00:27:01.05\00:27:03.85
assured the
thief that he would be
00:27:03.95\00:27:05.79
redeemed. From
that moment on, he died
00:27:05.85\00:27:08.62
with the hope of
salvation. Today,
00:27:08.72\00:27:10.99
there are many
in prison awaiting
00:27:11.09\00:27:12.79
their final
punishment of death, yet like
00:27:12.83\00:27:15.26
the thief on the
cross, hope still remains.
00:27:15.36\00:27:17.97
Miraculously,
Adventist World Radio just
00:27:18.03\00:27:21.47
visited Zambia's highest maximum
00:27:21.54\00:27:24.41
security prison.
This is unprecedented.
00:27:24.47\00:27:27.64
No other media
has ever been allowed
00:27:27.74\00:27:29.98
besides
presidents and dignitaries.
00:27:30.08\00:27:32.51
However, God
made a way. Out of 250
00:27:32.61\00:27:36.92
death row
prisoners, more than 50 have
00:27:36.99\00:27:39.75
been baptized into
the Seventh-Day Adventist
00:27:39.82\00:27:41.42
church. Over 800
inmates have become
00:27:41.49\00:27:44.63
Adventists largely
due to hearing our gospel
00:27:44.69\00:27:47.63
radio messages. As
our video team entered
00:27:47.70\00:27:50.87
their worship
service, we were overwhelmed
00:27:50.93\00:27:52.80
with joy. Only a
portion of the inmates
00:27:52.87\00:27:55.64
were attending that
day, and their happy,
00:27:55.70\00:27:57.97
smiling faces said it
all. They have the hope
00:27:58.04\00:28:01.64
of Jesus. This has
been your AWR 360 Moment.
00:28:01.74\00:28:06.92
Wow. A number of
things come to my
00:28:15.26\00:28:17.03
mind. Forgive
me, 'cause I know you
00:28:17.09\00:28:18.63
1) the 360 moments are
00:28:18.69\00:28:22.66
a little feature
now that you've moved
00:28:22.76\00:28:24.77
into. - Yep. We
do those on Thursday
00:28:24.83\00:28:26.87
nights - short
ones. - Yeah. On all of
00:28:26.90\00:28:29.07
our social media-
YouTube, Facebook,
00:28:29.10\00:28:30.81
all of it-it's
Thursdays. You can tune into
00:28:30.91\00:28:33.54
a new story, a new
miracle every week.
00:28:33.58\00:28:35.38
- Now, you baptized
a fairly significant
00:28:35.44\00:28:38.48
number of people
who are on death row,
00:28:38.58\00:28:39.91
which means
they'll never come out.
00:28:39.95\00:28:41.28
- That's right.
- They're going to
00:28:41.32\00:28:42.65
die in prison, but
they've given their
00:28:42.68\00:28:44.02
hearts to the Lord.
- That's right. - 870
00:28:44.05\00:28:45.89
Adventists in prison
now. But...they weren't
00:28:45.95\00:28:49.89
Adventists when
they went in. - That's
00:28:49.96\00:28:51.49
right.
[laughter] Let's make that
00:28:51.56\00:28:52.96
point. What was amazing is, that
00:28:52.99\00:28:55.86
very day, that
day, we knew that there
00:28:55.93\00:28:59.63
was 800 in that prison. However,
00:28:59.70\00:29:01.37
we found out that
the AWR local team
00:29:01.44\00:29:04.11
was coming there and they were
00:29:04.21\00:29:05.61
baptizing 70 more
the next day, because
00:29:05.64\00:29:07.64
they are listening
to the gospel on the
00:29:07.71\00:29:09.78
radio. They are
just hungry for the Word
00:29:09.84\00:29:11.98
of God. We're
thinking, "How is it that we
00:29:12.01\00:29:16.55
were allowed
access?" What happened was
00:29:16.62\00:29:19.09
is that the
general commissioner of
00:29:19.15\00:29:22.29
Zambia, he sees a
change in his prison.
00:29:22.36\00:29:25.89
Can you imagine why?
Out of 2,400 prisoners,
00:29:25.99\00:29:29.66
over 870 of them
are now Seventh-Day
00:29:29.76\00:29:34.04
Adventists,
loving Jesus, wanting
00:29:34.10\00:29:36.20
eternal life...
They are calm, cool,
00:29:36.27\00:29:38.97
collected,
peaceful men. What a change.
00:29:39.07\00:29:42.34
That's- what? A
third of the prison? - A
00:29:42.41\00:29:44.55
third of your
prison population is under
00:29:44.61\00:29:46.48
new leadership; of
course there's impact
00:29:46.55\00:29:48.75
on the prison. -
That's right! We're very
00:29:48.82\00:29:51.15
welcomed there. We
want to actually give
00:29:51.22\00:29:55.02
more radios out. - So
they're allowed, Cami,
00:29:55.12\00:29:57.83
to have radios in
prison? - Yes. - They're
00:29:57.89\00:29:59.86
allowed; okay.
Praise the Lord. - Because
00:29:59.93\00:30:01.33
of us. - Uh-huh.
Nice. - There's a
00:30:01.36\00:30:03.40
little lady.
What's her name? She's a
00:30:03.47\00:30:05.63
precious little
lady. She goes there every
00:30:05.73\00:30:07.97
week, takes radios and
gives them to prisoners...
00:30:08.04\00:30:09.90
- They call her
"Grandma." She gives them the
00:30:10.01\00:30:13.64
hugs and the love.
- Praise God. - does
00:30:13.74\00:30:17.11
Bible studies with
them. It's wonderful.
00:30:17.18\00:30:20.08
- So, I imagine
any time that you knock
00:30:20.15\00:30:21.48
on a door,
they're ready to open and
00:30:21.58\00:30:22.92
let you come back
in. - Yes! - Praise the
00:30:22.95\00:30:24.69
Lord. - It was
so exciting. Lots of
00:30:24.72\00:30:26.22
exciting things
happened in Zambia. I want to
00:30:26.29\00:30:28.49
share another
story with you. I call it
00:30:28.52\00:30:30.29
the "Small Radio
Story." There was this young-
00:30:30.36\00:30:33.09
we can show the
pictures throughout,
00:30:33.16\00:30:35.00
if you'd like.
There was this young woman
00:30:35.06\00:30:37.20
who fell in love
with a man. She herself
00:30:37.30\00:30:39.23
was a Seventh-Day
Adventist and he was
00:30:39.27\00:30:40.74
not. He had said
to her that she could
00:30:40.77\00:30:43.47
keep her
religion; no problem. He'd
00:30:43.54\00:30:45.01
keep his and it'd be
no issue. So what they
00:30:45.11\00:30:48.88
did is they got
married, and it was
00:30:48.94\00:30:50.81
a short time
later that he said, "No,
00:30:50.88\00:30:55.02
you must come with
me to my church. You
00:30:55.08\00:30:57.02
can't go to
your church anymore."
00:30:57.09\00:30:58.42
This created quite
a strain and a stress
00:30:58.45\00:31:00.02
on the marriage.
It then escalated into
00:31:00.06\00:31:02.29
abuse and...not a
good scene. One night,
00:31:03.16\00:31:07.00
this young woman
was laying in her bed.
00:31:07.06\00:31:09.53
She had a dream.
This dream was of a radio-
00:31:09.56\00:31:14.17
a small radio.
She woke up out of the
00:31:14.24\00:31:16.64
dream and she was
like, "What was that
00:31:16.71\00:31:18.04
about?" She fell
back asleep. Again, this
00:31:18.07\00:31:21.01
dream of a small
radio. She woke up and she
00:31:21.04\00:31:24.08
realized, "This
must mean something. I
00:31:24.15\00:31:26.68
don't know what
it is!" So she got up
00:31:26.75\00:31:28.08
to do her daily
chores. She's in the
00:31:28.12\00:31:29.65
kitchen. The next
thing she sees is her husband
00:31:29.68\00:31:32.45
had left earlier
that morning. The next
00:31:32.52\00:31:36.06
thing is he
walks through the door
00:31:36.16\00:31:37.49
with a bag in his
hand. He comes over to the
00:31:37.53\00:31:40.50
kitchen table and
he sets it down. He's
00:31:40.56\00:31:42.36
like, "I'm so
excited! I had this wonderful
00:31:42.43\00:31:44.27
idea. I went out and
I bought us... Ta-dah!"
00:31:44.33\00:31:47.90
What do you think it
was? - A radio. - You
00:31:47.97\00:31:49.74
bet it was. A
small radio! So get this-
00:31:49.80\00:31:53.14
this is the climax
of the story. - You're
00:31:53.17\00:31:56.24
not going to believe
this. This is incredible
00:31:56.34\00:31:57.91
what God has done
here. - Our God is
00:31:58.01\00:32:00.18
amazing. Isn't
He amazing? - He is.
00:32:00.28\00:32:01.85
- This man, who's
very against Adventism,
00:32:01.95\00:32:04.59
he turns on the
radio. What do you think
00:32:04.65\00:32:07.16
played? "Lift up
the trumpet-" I can't
00:32:07.22\00:32:09.72
believe I'm singing
on TV. What am I doing?
00:32:09.79\00:32:11.53
I can't sing! [laughter]
Anyway, AWR! He didn't
00:32:11.59\00:32:16.10
like that. He was
mad; turned the knob the
00:32:16.16\00:32:17.87
other way. All the
other way! "Lift up
00:32:17.97\00:32:20.14
the trumpets-"
AWR! He turns it again.
00:32:20.20\00:32:23.71
Oh, he's so upset!
The radio would only
00:32:23.81\00:32:26.31
play AWR. Amen?
[laughter] That's
00:32:26.37\00:32:29.24
such a miracle. He's
upset. He walks away.
00:32:29.28\00:32:32.85
This woman-this
wife- she's ecstatic! She
00:32:32.91\00:32:37.62
now has her home;
her heart is full! So she
00:32:37.69\00:32:41.22
listens all day
long. Doing her chores
00:32:41.29\00:32:43.09
around the house,
she's listening to AWR.
00:32:43.16\00:32:45.19
What she didn't
realize, her husband
00:32:45.26\00:32:47.66
was around the
corner, listening as
00:32:47.73\00:32:50.53
well. - Ah... Wow! -
She didn't know this!
00:32:50.60\00:32:53.57
A day came where he
summoned her in, and
00:32:53.64\00:32:55.90
she'd never been
summoned by him. She
00:32:55.97\00:32:57.87
was very scared,
because she didn't
00:32:57.94\00:32:59.81
know what he was
going to announce to her.
00:32:59.84\00:33:01.18
He called for
her. She's like, "Is he
00:33:01.21\00:33:03.78
having an
affair? What's going on?"
00:33:03.85\00:33:05.48
So she comes in
all shaking. He says,
00:33:05.55\00:33:08.45
"Wife, I have
something to tell you. Your
00:33:08.52\00:33:14.76
radio has taught
me that the Adventist
00:33:14.82\00:33:18.16
message is the
truth." - Bless his heart.
00:33:18.19\00:33:21.53
- "This Sabbath, you
will be going back to
00:33:21.60\00:33:24.03
your church." But
there's something more.
00:33:24.07\00:33:26.37
"I will follow
you there." - Amen!
00:33:26.43\00:33:29.40
- Amen? So now, they
are together, they study,
00:33:29.47\00:33:33.44
he's baptized,
they have a wonderful
00:33:33.51\00:33:36.64
Seventh-Day
Adventist home, all because of
00:33:36.71\00:33:38.88
the little radio
that would only play AWR.
00:33:38.91\00:33:42.58
- That is a fabulous
story. - It's awesome.
00:33:43.28\00:33:45.39
- It really is. -
But during the time
00:33:45.49\00:33:49.72
this was going on,
we were doing meetings
00:33:49.79\00:33:51.79
in Zambia. Our
idea was, like we had
00:33:51.86\00:33:54.26
taken Japanese
last year to Mindoro to
00:33:54.33\00:33:57.67
get excited
about evangelism and go
00:33:57.73\00:33:59.07
back home and do
the same, we brought
00:33:59.10\00:34:00.44
Europeans to
Zambia to preach and get
00:34:00.47\00:34:03.41
excited. We had how
many? Do you remember?
00:34:03.44\00:34:05.87
50? - Around 50. -
Around 50 altogether,
00:34:05.94\00:34:09.41
wasn't it, to
Lusaka, Zambia? I told you
00:34:09.48\00:34:12.25
about this last
year. We had asked the
00:34:12.31\00:34:14.05
pastor how many
meetings they would
00:34:14.12\00:34:15.45
do. We kept talking
to them, talking to them,
00:34:15.48\00:34:17.15
and finally, they
would do a thousand
00:34:17.19\00:34:18.92
meetings. That really
happened. - Oh, it did!
00:34:18.99\00:34:21.59
- A thousand.
That's the most meetings
00:34:21.66\00:34:24.46
ever done in
any- - That's just one
00:34:24.49\00:34:27.16
city. - That's one
city! - One city at
00:34:27.23\00:34:29.40
one time.
Connect the dots. - Wow.
00:34:29.50\00:34:34.90
- Before that, we
had done broadcasting,
00:34:34.97\00:34:36.77
all the health
messages, all the Bible messages
00:34:36.81\00:34:39.11
into the city. So
we're broadcasting,
00:34:39.17\00:34:41.14
we have these
meetings, the Europeans are
00:34:41.21\00:34:42.58
preaching a thousand
meetings at one time,
00:34:42.64\00:34:44.61
we send them a
thousand video projectors,
00:34:44.68\00:34:46.45
brand-new
ones... So here, they're
00:34:46.51\00:34:48.62
preaching with
video projectors, they're
00:34:48.68\00:34:50.02
doing the health
message, the churches
00:34:50.05\00:34:52.45
are full, however...
Kathy, do you remember-
00:34:52.52\00:34:56.42
the Union president
told us ahead of time,
00:34:56.52\00:34:59.63
this was not
going to work because...
00:34:59.69\00:35:02.23
- It's the winter
there. June is the coldest
00:35:02.30\00:35:07.14
month of the year.
In fact... - That's
00:35:07.17\00:35:13.11
relative. It's
like, 70. [laughter]
00:35:13.17\00:35:16.85
- We had set the
days for the meetings,
00:35:16.91\00:35:20.28
then he calls up Duane and says,
00:35:20.32\00:35:23.28
"You have to
change the dates." Duane
00:35:23.32\00:35:25.92
says, "It's impossible!"
- It's a GC calendar.
00:35:25.99\00:35:29.39
You can't change it!
- Yeah! We can't change
00:35:29.46\00:35:31.16
the dates. - He said,
"Well, it won't work!"
00:35:31.19\00:35:33.06
"Well, no; let's
try." So, they told us
00:35:33.13\00:35:36.20
later, they said,
"We thought you might
00:35:36.26\00:35:37.60
have..." -
2,000 baptisms, maybe.
00:35:37.63\00:35:41.40
- At the most.
1,000 meetings plus the
00:35:41.50\00:35:43.54
other meetings in
Livingstone. The Lord
00:35:43.61\00:35:45.84
blessed. Do we have
pictures? - You could
00:35:45.91\00:35:48.31
show the video
while- yes. I was just going
00:35:48.38\00:35:49.74
to say, would you
please roll the video
00:35:49.81\00:35:51.15
of Zambia? - It's
amazing. Look at that.
00:35:51.18\00:35:55.08
- Oh, wow. That's
impressive. - That's
00:35:55.15\00:35:58.25
just in
Livingstone. - We had many more
00:35:58.29\00:36:02.99
in Lusaka. That's
the Livingstone one.
00:36:03.06\00:36:06.13
- Duane was
baptizing there. - We had 70
00:36:07.50\00:36:11.60
meetings in Livingstone.
- But altogether, 1,075,
00:36:11.67\00:36:18.64
I think, was it...across
Zambia. - Yeah. - And
00:36:18.71\00:36:21.68
the Lord blessed
another 2,000 baptisms. - Mm-mm.
00:36:21.78\00:36:24.38
Not 5,000. -
Almost 18,000 baptisms.
00:36:24.41\00:36:29.22
- Praise the Lord. -
Yeah. Just unbelievable.
00:36:30.25\00:36:32.22
One of the vice
presidents of the Union
00:36:32.25\00:36:36.29
said to me, "We've
learned this. God is
00:36:36.36\00:36:39.86
a God of the
season." [laughter] - He works
00:36:39.93\00:36:43.50
year-round. - Amen!
- From now on, we're
00:36:43.57\00:36:46.00
going to do
meetings in June, we're going
00:36:46.07\00:36:47.40
to do them in
September. - Now, give me some
00:36:47.44\00:36:49.30
sense. This is the
one you brought the
00:36:49.40\00:36:50.91
European guys. -
Uh-huh. Right here. They
00:36:50.97\00:36:53.58
were baptized.
Can you imagine a guy
00:36:53.68\00:36:56.44
who's baptized two
or three people all
00:36:56.54\00:36:57.91
of his ministry?
Now all of a sudden he's
00:36:57.98\00:36:59.65
baptizing 100
people? [laughter] - And
00:36:59.71\00:37:02.55
several of those
Europeans were with
00:37:02.62\00:37:04.02
ASI Europe. They are
on fire for evangelism.
00:37:04.09\00:37:07.26
- Praise the Lord.
- They saw what could
00:37:07.32\00:37:08.86
be done. They're
wonderful people. I know they're
00:37:08.92\00:37:11.69
just going to do some
amazing things. - They
00:37:11.76\00:37:13.09
said, "We can do
that back again." - Praise
00:37:13.13\00:37:14.53
the Lord. I think
that's such a blessed idea
00:37:14.60\00:37:17.70
for people who
have particularly hard
00:37:17.80\00:37:19.23
territories to
work in and don't have
00:37:19.33\00:37:21.27
the pleasure of baptizing
large numbers of people-
00:37:21.30\00:37:24.31
to give them that
experience to take that
00:37:24.37\00:37:26.44
back and sort of
enthuse them to go back to
00:37:26.54\00:37:28.68
work in that area.
- Yeah. They go where
00:37:28.74\00:37:30.95
the fires are
burning, they touch the coals,
00:37:31.01\00:37:34.38
and they bring
the coals back home.
00:37:34.48\00:37:37.55
- Sometimes we have
the shyest of people
00:37:37.92\00:37:40.96
that come. I
remember I was in Livingstone
00:37:41.02\00:37:43.39
at that time.
There was one of our AWR
00:37:43.43\00:37:47.00
employees, just very
shy, very soft-spoken.
00:37:47.10\00:37:50.83
He went out, he
did it, and God blessed
00:37:50.90\00:37:53.94
him so
remarkably. It just empowered
00:37:54.00\00:37:59.17
him like, "I can
do something for God
00:37:59.24\00:38:02.18
in a public way!" -
You have to understand,
00:38:02.24\00:38:04.78
all three of these
ladies are experienced
00:38:04.85\00:38:07.32
international evangelists. They
00:38:07.38\00:38:09.62
have done this just
like Irma. [laughter]
00:38:09.72\00:38:12.62
So they feel it.
They know the power and
00:38:12.65\00:38:14.16
the energy. - And a
lot of times, it's not
00:38:14.26\00:38:16.32
shyness as much as
it is- in Irma's case,
00:38:16.42\00:38:19.79
she just didn't
know what to do. You want
00:38:19.86\00:38:22.56
to do- she's not a
shy person, but the
00:38:22.60\00:38:24.67
thought of evangelism
kind of just bulls you
00:38:24.73\00:38:26.74
over. Then once you
kind of dive in there,
00:38:26.84\00:38:28.80
it's like, "Oh,
that's not so bad." - That's
00:38:28.87\00:38:30.27
right! Every single
one of those baptisms
00:38:30.34\00:38:33.14
was absolutely
important and precious.
00:38:33.17\00:38:35.88
There was one in
particular that hit
00:38:35.94\00:38:37.61
very close to home
in a very special way.
00:38:37.65\00:38:41.55
Duane, maybe you
want to share a little
00:38:41.58\00:38:43.22
bit about that,
because this lady... - Yeah, we
00:38:43.25\00:38:45.09
share last year a
little bit about, we're
00:38:45.15\00:38:47.09
finding this lady
who was listening to-
00:38:47.19\00:38:49.46
well, we had gone
to her hotel kind of by
00:38:49.56\00:38:51.43
mistake way out in
the bush. It was by
00:38:51.46\00:38:54.03
Victoria Falls in
Livingstone, Zambia.
00:38:54.13\00:38:56.43
We had ended up
there, and she's Afrikaans.
00:38:56.50\00:39:00.30
The day we're
leaving, Kathy, you saw her
00:39:00.37\00:39:03.81
there. - That's
right. She was studying
00:39:03.87\00:39:06.84
her Bible, and she
had coffee there and a
00:39:06.91\00:39:09.84
cigarette. I went
to thank her for their
00:39:09.94\00:39:14.48
wonderful
hospitality, and she said to me,
00:39:14.58\00:39:16.69
"You know, I just
love prophecy." Then
00:39:16.79\00:39:19.22
she went on to
say, "I told my husband.
00:39:19.25\00:39:22.32
We were raised
going to the church on the
00:39:22.42\00:39:25.13
wrong day of the
week. Saturday is the day
00:39:25.23\00:39:28.80
to go to church. -
Now, she did not know you
00:39:28.83\00:39:32.00
were Adventist at the
time. - Well, she did.
00:39:32.03\00:39:34.20
- She did then. We
had no idea. - She said,
00:39:34.24\00:39:40.54
"Every Saturday
morning, my uncle
00:39:40.61\00:39:45.51
sends me a
message. I started asking
00:39:45.55\00:39:49.98
questions, and so
he said, 'You need to
00:39:50.05\00:39:52.52
get in touch with
Neville Neveling.'"
00:39:52.59\00:39:55.02
I said, "Hm.
Who's Neville Neveling?"
00:39:55.06\00:39:59.93
I said, "You need
to give me the contact
00:40:00.00\00:40:03.53
information,
because I'm sure Duane would
00:40:03.57\00:40:05.47
be very interested
in talking to him."
00:40:05.57\00:40:10.21
- I called him immediately,
and Kathy remembered
00:40:10.27\00:40:12.37
the name. He had
gone, when we were in
00:40:12.44\00:40:14.54
Romania, he had gone
to Georgia and preached
00:40:14.61\00:40:18.15
his first evangelistic
meeting. He was doing
00:40:18.21\00:40:20.95
Sabbath school and
church with his cell
00:40:21.05\00:40:22.92
phone with
WhatsApp. He learned how to do
00:40:22.98\00:40:27.39
that, and he
thought to himself, "I could
00:40:27.46\00:40:28.79
do evangelism." So
that's what he started
00:40:28.82\00:40:31.03
doing. He's doing
evangelism on WhatsApp.
00:40:31.09\00:40:34.23
It's amazing what
the- we're going to go
00:40:34.36\00:40:37.37
there in just a second. The Lord
00:40:37.43\00:40:38.97
blessed in such a
way that, just in June, I
00:40:39.03\00:40:42.90
baptized her
right there. - Oh, wow.
00:40:43.00\00:40:45.51
That's
exciting. - We should have
00:40:45.57\00:40:46.91
a picture of that I'm
thinking of, but that's
00:40:46.98\00:40:49.61
the video clip. -
She's so happy. - Antoinette.
00:40:49.68\00:40:52.71
- This is
incredible. In Africa, the Dutch
00:40:52.75\00:40:56.95
people- these are
Afrikaans, and they're
00:40:57.02\00:40:59.55
Dutch people. They're
Dutch Reformed. They're
00:40:59.62\00:41:03.96
hard to win. They're
tough, so it was just such
00:41:04.03\00:41:09.23
a blessing. - Praise
the Lord. - But Duane,
00:41:09.30\00:41:11.10
remember? That same
Sabbath, there was a
00:41:11.20\00:41:13.77
young lady,
Reatha, that walked into a
00:41:13.84\00:41:17.51
church in
Pretorius, South Africa. - And
00:41:17.61\00:41:20.31
she said, "I want
to become a Seventh-Day
00:41:20.41\00:41:22.68
Adventist," and
they said, "Who are you?"
00:41:22.74\00:41:25.11
[laughter] She
said, "I'm Reatha, and I
00:41:25.18\00:41:28.42
have a PhD; I
have two masters. For
00:41:28.48\00:41:30.99
22 years, I've
been searching the Bible
00:41:31.05\00:41:33.66
and going to
different churches, trying to
00:41:33.76\00:41:35.22
find the truth.
My father is a Dutch
00:41:35.29\00:41:37.96
Reformed pastor
of theologian for
00:41:37.99\00:41:40.73
the Dutch
Reformed Church, so I've
00:41:40.83\00:41:42.63
been talking to
him. I cannot find the
00:41:42.70\00:41:44.87
answers. All of
a sudden, I started
00:41:44.93\00:41:47.47
getting these
messages on my cell phone."
00:41:47.57\00:41:49.54
On WhatsApp. "And I
started reading these
00:41:49.60\00:41:52.84
messages, and I
have found the truth. I
00:41:52.87\00:41:55.24
want to be
baptized." - Ellen White talks
00:41:55.28\00:41:57.55
about putting new
life into old methods
00:41:57.61\00:41:59.25
and new methods
altogether. WhatsApp
00:41:59.28\00:42:01.58
ministry. Who
knew? Who'd have thought?
00:42:01.65\00:42:04.29
- That's right.
And if I may say so, we
00:42:04.35\00:42:07.99
do have half-hour
programs on 3ABN all
00:42:08.06\00:42:10.66
about cell phone
evangelism. Check them out.
00:42:10.73\00:42:12.89
- Praise the Lord.
So many ways to get
00:42:12.96\00:42:15.73
the gospel out. -
You were talking about-
00:42:15.76\00:42:18.13
some people are
behind the scenes, like Irma
00:42:18.20\00:42:20.14
was a little shyer,
or some people don't
00:42:20.20\00:42:23.17
know what to do-
this is the perfect
00:42:23.20\00:42:26.21
ministry for many
people to use their
00:42:26.27\00:42:29.68
cell phone. They
can sit at home and send
00:42:29.74\00:42:32.05
out these Bible messages, their
00:42:32.11\00:42:34.95
audio messages.
It's incredible. Neville
00:42:35.02\00:42:39.59
and his team
right now- what is it?
00:42:39.65\00:42:41.36
50,000? - Well,
I just saw the new
00:42:41.42\00:42:43.26
numbers. It's closer
to 100,000. - 100,000
00:42:43.32\00:42:46.23
people every week
that they're sending.
00:42:46.33\00:42:48.60
- Around the
world, on every continent
00:42:48.70\00:42:50.37
except for
Antarctica. The penguins in
00:42:50.43\00:42:53.00
Antarctica, you
know they don't use cell
00:42:53.07\00:42:54.44
phones in
Antarctica. [laughter] Every
00:42:54.50\00:42:57.21
continent. Can you
imagine? - And anyone
00:42:57.27\00:43:00.71
can do it. We
actually featured a story on
00:43:00.78\00:43:03.78
a young woman
who's blind, and she's
00:43:03.88\00:43:07.35
winning souls to
the kingdom through her
00:43:07.42\00:43:10.32
cell phone, through
AWR 360's cell phone
00:43:10.39\00:43:12.95
evangelism. - One
of our friends- we were
00:43:13.02\00:43:15.49
just up in
northern India. We just came
00:43:15.59\00:43:16.99
from India; we're
trying to reach India
00:43:17.03\00:43:18.53
for next year. He's
up in a little state
00:43:18.59\00:43:22.23
called Sikkim. I
had never heard of it.
00:43:22.30\00:43:27.64
It's a little
state. Until 1975, it
00:43:27.67\00:43:30.44
belonged to Nepal.
So, it's right up there
00:43:30.51\00:43:32.77
kind of like a
highway going through. It
00:43:32.81\00:43:34.88
goes from Bhutan
to Nepal to Tibet, so
00:43:34.91\00:43:39.15
it's all connected
there. He found out
00:43:39.21\00:43:41.25
that most of the
people there are Christian
00:43:41.32\00:43:42.92
in that little
state. - Oh, wow. - And it's
00:43:42.95\00:43:45.72
a highway between
these countries that
00:43:45.82\00:43:47.16
we can't reach.
And, everybody is using
00:43:47.19\00:43:50.09
WhatsApp and
Facebook, so we're going to
00:43:50.13\00:43:54.33
move in there and
forge this cell phone
00:43:54.43\00:43:56.93
evangelism so we
can have a bridge to
00:43:57.00\00:43:59.30
connect these
countries! - The door is cracked
00:43:59.37\00:44:00.94
if they're already
on Facebook or WhatsApp.
00:44:01.00\00:44:04.04
- Wow, that's
exciting stuff. - The
00:44:04.11\00:44:06.51
Lord is just
opening more and more doors.
00:44:06.57\00:44:09.68
He's wanting to
come! And we are so anxious
00:44:09.74\00:44:13.45
to help him in any
way that we can, so
00:44:13.52\00:44:16.89
it's exciting to see
these new developments.
00:44:16.95\00:44:19.25
- Yes, it really,
really is. And it's exciting
00:44:19.35\00:44:21.09
to see the miracle-moving hand
00:44:21.16\00:44:22.76
of the Lord when
you do these "when you
00:44:22.82\00:44:24.83
can't, He can." When
you see a little opening
00:44:24.89\00:44:27.43
and you step through,
the Lord opens the door
00:44:27.50\00:44:29.26
all the way.
Fabulous. - And what's exciting
00:44:29.33\00:44:31.90
to see, too, is that
laypeople are getting
00:44:31.97\00:44:34.27
interested in becoming involved
00:44:34.34\00:44:35.90
and being on fire.
"Oh, this is something
00:44:35.94\00:44:38.51
I could do!" I
mean, there was the shyest
00:44:38.57\00:44:40.38
man in all the
church in South Africa. This
00:44:40.48\00:44:43.35
man hadn't spoken
much other than "Hello,"
00:44:43.45\00:44:46.51
or "Happy
Sabbath," at the most in the
00:44:46.61\00:44:48.58
two years he had
been attending. The cell
00:44:48.65\00:44:52.35
phone evangelism
was presented- the idea
00:44:52.42\00:44:54.82
was presented to the
Sabbath school class.
00:44:54.89\00:44:56.89
The person up front,
he said, "How many of
00:44:56.93\00:45:00.40
you would like to
become involved in
00:45:00.46\00:45:02.00
cell phone
evangelism?" This shy guy-who's
00:45:02.06\00:45:05.67
precious, by the
way; he's fabulous and
00:45:05.73\00:45:07.74
his name's Skulk-
he raised his hand.
00:45:07.80\00:45:10.84
The guy up front knew him and he
00:45:10.91\00:45:12.41
said, "Oh, no, no,
no. Skulk, I don't think
00:45:12.44\00:45:14.74
you understood
what I said. This is
00:45:14.81\00:45:16.58
evangelism."
[laughter] He said, "Now, how
00:45:16.64\00:45:19.81
many of you want
to be involved and do
00:45:19.88\00:45:21.52
cell phone
evangelism? Reach out to others
00:45:21.55\00:45:23.35
and tell the..."
He raised it higher!
00:45:23.39\00:45:27.46
So, come to find
out, he said, "This is the
00:45:27.52\00:45:31.09
way I can reach
my Catholic family. I
00:45:31.19\00:45:35.93
can't talk about
it, but I can send them
00:45:36.03\00:45:38.03
these messages much
more easily." So he is!
00:45:38.13\00:45:40.60
He has a whole
downline, per se, on WhatsApp
00:45:40.67\00:45:44.91
of people that he
is- and he's the shyest
00:45:44.97\00:45:47.44
guy in the
church. - Praise the Lord.
00:45:47.48\00:45:49.38
- We were joking,
because the one man,
00:45:49.44\00:45:51.15
the Sabbath school
instructor that had
00:45:51.21\00:45:53.15
asked me, he
said, "Maybe next time,
00:45:53.18\00:45:55.05
you can give a big
amen in Sabbath school!"
00:45:55.12\00:45:56.99
And he goes,
"Mmm... Maybe not yet."
00:45:57.09\00:45:59.55
[laughter] But he's
winning souls, you see?
00:45:59.62\00:46:03.99
So, any age group,
any type of personality
00:46:04.06\00:46:07.43
can forward the
message, and that, I really
00:46:07.50\00:46:11.90
believe-and what
I have been seeing
00:46:11.97\00:46:13.54
around this world
for the last year through
00:46:13.57\00:46:15.97
this AWR 360
cell phone evangelism-
00:46:16.04\00:46:18.07
I really believe
this is a forefront of how
00:46:18.11\00:46:20.91
God's going to
finish the work. How many
00:46:20.98\00:46:22.81
of us have cell
phones attached to us?
00:46:22.84\00:46:25.88
Everybody. - When
I noticed you guys
00:46:25.91\00:46:28.95
walking around
when you come here, you
00:46:28.98\00:46:30.72
never quite touch
the ground. You're
00:46:30.79\00:46:32.25
just a little above
the ground, and this
00:46:32.35\00:46:34.12
is why. When you're
constantly fed a diet
00:46:34.22\00:46:36.52
of this stuff,
you're high all the time.
00:46:36.59\00:46:39.16
I've walked through
cities (as we all have),
00:46:39.26\00:46:41.56
and you wanna,
"How is the Lord gonna
00:46:41.66\00:46:43.37
do this?" You
know? God has provided
00:46:43.43\00:46:46.10
the technology
platform to get this
00:46:46.13\00:46:48.60
stuff done to reach
hundreds of thousands
00:46:48.67\00:46:50.77
of people! -
Amazing. - So much so that
00:46:50.84\00:46:55.61
Neville
Neveling... You were able to
00:46:55.64\00:46:57.78
present quite
the... Yeah! - Yes! You
00:46:57.85\00:47:01.68
have that picture up
there? - Yeah, I think
00:47:01.75\00:47:03.08
we have a picture. - We're at?.
00:47:03.12\00:47:05.09
That was in the communication
department, that was in the GC
00:47:05.15\00:47:08.72
each year. They give
two awards to outstanding
00:47:08.76\00:47:11.73
people who are
doing special work in
00:47:11.79\00:47:14.00
evangelism, or
social media, or something.
00:47:14.06\00:47:16.03
They show us two
laymen this year. One was in
00:47:16.10\00:47:20.00
Brazil. He's doing
Facebook, and Neville.
00:47:20.07\00:47:22.37
That's Neville there.
Ted is praying for us-
00:47:22.40\00:47:24.31
Elder Wilson.
Elder Wilson kind of grew
00:47:24.37\00:47:26.74
a beard. - Yes,
indeed. - We're praying for
00:47:26.81\00:47:30.01
Neville. This is Neville
here. Right now, actually,
00:47:30.05\00:47:33.11
he's in India
teaching people to do cell
00:47:33.18\00:47:35.18
phone evangelism.
- Oh, wow. Praise the
00:47:35.25\00:47:36.79
Lord. - It's just
amazing, the thousands
00:47:36.89\00:47:38.99
and thousands. It just
multiplies and multiplies
00:47:39.05\00:47:41.22
and multiplies,
'cause you just share a file.
00:47:41.26\00:47:43.22
- Neville
mentioned that-I think the
00:47:43.29\00:47:47.50
statistics
are-57% of the people they
00:47:47.53\00:47:50.37
send these
messages to will send it to
00:47:50.40\00:47:53.23
at least 4 other
people. Just exponentially
00:47:53.27\00:47:57.51
spreads. - What
was really interesting
00:47:57.54\00:48:00.28
is that, what? A few
weeks ago with Japan,
00:48:00.34\00:48:02.11
how he put
together just a real short
00:48:02.18\00:48:04.11
clip of what was
happening in Japan,
00:48:04.15\00:48:06.35
it was a flooding
and some devastation.
00:48:06.38\00:48:10.65
People, of course,
are wondering what's
00:48:10.72\00:48:12.85
going on in this
world and searching at that
00:48:12.89\00:48:14.79
moment when
there's something like that
00:48:14.86\00:48:16.26
happening, and he
took advantage of that.
00:48:16.32\00:48:18.23
I think God gave
that to him to then post
00:48:18.29\00:48:20.90
on Facebook this
little sort of infomercial.
00:48:20.93\00:48:24.07
"What's happening
in the world-in Japan
00:48:24.17\00:48:26.13
here? If you want
to find out reasons..."
00:48:26.20\00:48:28.77
- Too exciting.
- Yeah! "Then all
00:48:28.84\00:48:31.87
you do is sign up
with this WhatsApp
00:48:31.91\00:48:33.24
number, and you can
receive the biblical
00:48:33.27\00:48:37.08
reasons of what is
happening in our world."
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Does anybody
remember how many... - 14,000
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as of two weeks ago.
- Isn't that incredible?
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In Japan! And it was in English!
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- The infomercial
was in English! - But
00:48:55.30\00:48:58.43
the sermons are in
Japanese. Somebody's
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there who's passing
them back and forth.
00:49:00.67\00:49:02.34
It's just
amazing! This is the place
00:49:02.44\00:49:04.14
where we had
these meetings, and it's
00:49:04.21\00:49:06.11
so hard. We baptized
quite a few, but still,
00:49:06.21\00:49:09.08
all of a sudden,
14,000! - He advertised
00:49:09.14\00:49:13.08
that for three
days. - And that's it.
00:49:13.15\00:49:15.82
You see how fast this
could go? - Amazingly,
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people have been
saying to him, or whoever's
00:49:20.39\00:49:24.59
sending out the
messages, "Why hasn't
00:49:24.63\00:49:27.76
someone told me this
before?" It's phenomenal.
00:49:27.86\00:49:34.90
- We're
accountable. - Agreed, Sue. Very
00:49:35.04\00:49:38.24
much so. One
could be led to think...
00:49:38.31\00:49:39.97
We've... I don't
want to say "stumbled
00:49:41.11\00:49:42.88
on something." The
Lord has led us into
00:49:42.94\00:49:44.65
something. If you
can get those kinds of
00:49:44.71\00:49:46.15
numbers in Japan,
aggressively secular,
00:49:46.21\00:49:48.52
not really-
well, sort of not into
00:49:48.58\00:49:50.82
western
Christianity. To get those kinds
00:49:50.89\00:49:53.19
of numbers, the Lord is
trying to say something.
00:49:53.25\00:49:55.76
He really is!
Praise God. Our time-
00:49:55.82\00:49:59.89
when you're having fun,
man, stuff goes so fast.
00:49:59.96\00:50:02.63
I want to go to
the address roll, then
00:50:02.70\00:50:07.90
what I'm going to do-
I'm instructing my crew
00:50:07.97\00:50:10.31
here-let's go to the
address roll and then
00:50:10.37\00:50:12.84
straight to the news
break, then come back
00:50:12.91\00:50:15.68
and want to give us
some time to sort of
00:50:15.74\00:50:17.21
put a little bow
on this and wrap this
00:50:17.25\00:50:18.58
up. Should you
want to make contact...
00:50:18.61\00:50:21.12
You may want to
get involved in any
00:50:21.18\00:50:22.92
number of ways.
Certainly, they can use your
00:50:22.98\00:50:24.89
finances, they
can use your prayers,
00:50:24.92\00:50:26.32
they can use your
body and your mind and
00:50:26.39\00:50:28.49
your mouth and
your legs and your arms
00:50:28.52\00:50:30.26
and your feet and your
toes and your everything
00:50:30.29\00:50:31.69
else to come and do
one of these meetings.
00:50:31.76\00:50:33.93
Should you want to
make contact, here is
00:50:34.00\00:50:35.63
the information that
you're going to need.
00:50:35.70\00:50:37.17
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00:50:41.47\00:50:43.51
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00:50:46.07\00:50:50.11
That website,
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00:50:50.31\00:50:55.45
also call them
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00:50:55.52\00:51:00.86
That's (301)
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